BHARATA NATYA

Meaning of BHARATA NATYA in English

/berr"euh teuh naht"yeuh/

a traditional south Indian dance style, formerly performed only by devadasis.

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BHARATA NATYA — Principal classical dance style of India, indigenous to Tamil Nadu and prevalent in South India. It expresses Hindu religious themes, …
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BHARATA NATYA — |bərəd.əˈnä.tyə, -rətəˈ- noun or bharata natyam -.tyəm Etymology: Sanskrit bharatanāṭya, literally, Bharata's dancing, from Bharata, a sage reputed to be …
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BHARATA-NATYA — ((Sanskrit: Bharata's dancing),) the principal of the main classical dance styles of India, the others being kuchipudi, kathak, kathakali, manipuri, …
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BHARATA NATYA — Principal classical dance style of India, indigenous to Tamil Nadu and prevalent in South India. It expresses Hindu religious themes, …
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NATYA — ˈnätyə noun ( -s ) Etymology: Sanskrit nātya; probably akin to Sanskrit nṛtyati he dances : the theatrical dance art …
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BHARATA — ˈbärəd.ə, -rətə noun ( -s ) Usage: capitalized Etymology: Sanskrit bhārata inhabiting India, of India, descended from Bharata, of Bharata, …
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BHARATA NATYAM — noun see bharata natya
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NATYA-SASTRA — in full Bharata Natya-sastra, detailed treatise and handbook on dramatic art that deals with all aspects of the classical Sanskrit …
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SOUTH ASIAN ARTS — Literary, performing, and visual arts of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Myths of the popular gods, Vishnu and Shiva, …
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NRITYA — enˈrityə noun ( -s ) Etymology: Sanskrit nṛitya dance, play : a narrative type of bharata natya dance in southern …
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NRITTA — enˈrid.ə noun ( -s ) Etymology: Sanskrit nṛitta dance : a purely abstract type of bharata natya dance in southern …
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MANIPURI — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈpu̇rē noun ( plural manipuri or manipuris ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: from Manipur state 1. a. : a people …
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KATHAKALI — ˌkäd.əˈkälē noun ( -s ) Etymology: Malayalam kathakaḷi drama, from katha story (from Sanskrit kathā talk, from kathā how) + …
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KATHAK — kəˈtäk noun ( -s ) Etymology: Bengali, professional storyteller, from Sanskrit kathaka, from kathayati he tells, narrates, from kathā talk, …
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ORISSI — one of the principal classical dance styles of India; others include bharata-natya, kuchipudi, kathak, kathakali, and manipuri. It is indigenous …
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MANIPURI — one of the six classical dance styles of India, the others being bharata-natya, kathak, kathakali, kuchipudi, and orissi. It is …
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KATHAKALI — one of the main forms of classical dance-drama of India, other major ones being bharata-natya, kathak, manipuri, kuchipudi, and orissi. …
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KATHAK — one of the main forms of classical dance-drama of India, other major ones being bharata-natya, kathakali, manipuri, kuchipudi, and orissi. …
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DRAMATIC LITERATURE — the texts of plays that can be read, as distinct from being seen and heard in performance. The term dramatic …
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SOUTHEAST ASIAN ARTS — the literary, performing, and visual arts of Southeast Asia. Although the cultural development of the area was once dominated by …
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SOUTH ASIAN ARTS — the literary, performing, and visual arts of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Despite a history of ethnic, linguistic, and …
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TAXILA — Ancient city, northwestern Pakistan. Its ruins, including temples and a fortress, lie just northwest of Rawalpindi . It was the …
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DANCE — I. ˈdan(t)s, ˈdaa(ə)n-, ˈdain-, ˈdȧn- verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English dauncen, from Old French dancier, perhaps from (assumed) …
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MUDRA — məˈdrä noun ( -s ) Etymology: Sanskrit mudrā seal, sign, token : symbolic hand gestures of India's natya dance crystallized …
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BHARATI — ˈbärəd.ē, -rətē, -i adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Sanskrit bhārati, feminine of bhārata : of or relating to India : …
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MAHABHARATA — /meuh hah"bahr"euh teuh/ , n. an epic poem of India dealing mainly with the conflict between the Pandavas and the …
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RASA — (Sanskrit: essence, taste, or flavour, literally, sap or juice) in Sanskrit literature, the concept of aesthetic flavour, or an essential …
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TAMIL NADU — constituent state of India, located in the extreme southeastern part of the Indian peninsula. It is bounded by the Indian …
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ST. DENIS, RUTH — born Jan. 20, 1877, Newark, N.J., U.S. died July 21, 1968, Los Angeles, Calif. original name Ruth Dennis American contemporary …
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RISHABHANATHA — (SanskritLord Bull) the first of the 24 Tirthankaras (Ford-makers, i.e., saviours) of Jainism, a religion of India. His name comes …
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PAMPA — flourished , 940 South Indian poet and literary figure, called adikavi (first poet) in the Kannada language. He created a …
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MAHABHARATA — (SanskritGreat Epic of the Bharata Dynasty) one of the two major Sanskrit epics of India, valued for its high literary …
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KALIDASA — flourished 5th century AD, India Sanskrit poet and dramatist, probably the greatest Indian writer of any epoch. The six works …
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BHARATANATYAM — / ˌbʌrətəˈnɑːtjəm; NAmE / noun [ U ] a classical dance form from southern India •• WORD ORIGIN from Sanskrit …
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SOUTH ASIAN ARTS — Literary, performing, and visual arts of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Myths of the popular gods, Vishnu and Shiva, …
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VEDA-VYASA — [Hindu] He is an incarnation of god Vishnu. He is known as Veda-vyasa as he divided the complex veda-rasi (voluminous …
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